# Stupid question regarding disk basis a db...

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@trantor.storm.net)
Mon, 19 Feb 1996 20:50:57 PST

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    In article <2.2.32.19960220041910.0069efd8@nebula.ispace.com>,
    George M. Ellenburg <gme@nebula.ispace.com> wrote:
    >
    >Is it possible to have all the MOO code (verbs, etc.) stored on disk and
    >then read off internally instead of all the verbs, rooms, etc. being stored
    >entirely in RAM?
    >

    This, my friend, has been THE most requested feature in all of MOO
    history.  1.8.0 contains some code abstraction to simplify a
    transition to such a system, but doesn't actually implement it.  It is
    not trivial, or even easy.

    >
    >"My momma always told me life was like a box of chocolates; what she failed
    >to mention was that life can be just as addicting."
    >

    No kidding.  As far as I've known, noone has ever kicked the habit and
    survived.

    	-hpa

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